# P.G. Wodehouse . . . where to start?

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> [@Learjeff](#):
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> (which oddly enough is what in the US we call private schools – I never quite understood that).

They were called “public schools” because they were for the public. Up to that point, your only way to get a formal education was to join a religious order.

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